I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALI failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up.
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This is a guy who they would have secret meetings about to change the rules. So, that’s going to be my legacy: the most dominant player ever.
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I’m very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don’t get to the philosophical side.
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Anyone can win a slam-dunk contest. The real Superman is dead. He was assassinated by Pat Riley. I’m the Big Cactus now and ready to roll again.
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You know, I’m very photogenic.
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It was a weird game. There was ugly shooting and a lot of turnovers and mistakes, and we were just fortunate to get the win.
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I’m ready to go. As big men in the league, there are two who have done something special during this millennium. I’m one and Tim Duncan is the other.
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They shot the ball well early. What comes out of the microwave hot doesn’t always stay hot. I know, because I eat bagels in the morning.
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The biggest thing that will define my legacy is how I’ve done it, and what I’ve done, and who I am. I’m a weird big guy. Doing rapping, doing movies.
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Probably a lack of concentration. I always hit them during practice. I just need to concentrate. Even though I should a lousy percentage,
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Once you learn how to do something, you don’t lose it. Unless you die.
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I don’t know who made it, all I know is it was put in my head that two plus two is four. So certain things happen. Why does it rain? Why am I so sexy? I don’t know.
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Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.
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Before I became the ‘Great Test of the West,” I was the ‘Beast of the East.’
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If I was able to have the game I have and shoot 80% from the line, I’d probably be an arrogant person rather than a humble one.
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I am Superman. And the only thing that can kill Superman is Kryptonite. And Kryptonite doesn’t exist.
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